Has the BBC finally lost the plot? It would appear so. They’ve even adopted the Israeli governments tactic of lying straight to our faces, about an agreement with other major media groups not to hold a donation campaign. Sky BSB vehemently denied ever making any such arrangement. We’ve come to expect this pro-Israeli bias from their coverage of the slaughter of innocents in Gaza over recent weeks. They should be demanding that the Israeli government face war crimes tribunals (but then they did nothing about the Sabra and Shatila massacres back in 1982 either), or at least be asking the obvious questions, like why aren’t the Israelis being made to finance the rebuilding of Gaza as they obliterated it in the first place. Too many Zionists in high places, methinks!

Starbucks released a statement on it’s website denying its rumoured support for Israel and the savage brutality of it’s invasion of Gaza. Coincidentally, the window of the Starbucks directly outside the Israeli was one of the first to be broken in yesterday’s protest riot in London.

January 5, 2009Rumor Response: Starbucks Statement re: Support of Israel

Rumors that Starbucks Coffee Company and its management support Israel are unequivocally false.

Starbucks is a publicly traded company with stores in 49 countries. Though our thousands of partners (employees) and business associates around the globe have diverse views and share many beliefs about a wide range of topics, our primary focus remains to deliver the best customer experience possible. Starbucks is a non-political organization and does not support political causes. Further, the political preferences of a Starbucks partner at any level have absolutely no bearing on Starbucks company policies. Contact Information:Starbucks Customer Relations
(800) 235-2883info@starbucks.com

Who could blame them? When your father, brothers, uncles have been emasculated by being unable to provide food, shelter, education and safety for you, and you have known nothing but fear in your short life, what options are left to you? Hopefully, the children of Gaza who are not slaughtered by the Israelis will be mentally strong enough not to be scarred for life by the hell they are living through and eventually are given some opportunity to live an normal life.

Israeli’s butchery of innocents, including 30 to 40 civilians today in a school, is the best way of lining up new Hamas members to take the place of those killed in Gaza this week and last week.

Given that Israel has stripped Gazans of all dignity and self-esteem by months and months of harrying raids, restrictions on movement and cutting to a trickle humanitarian aid, the ongoing slaughter will drive those young men and woman who are losing family members as I type, into the Hamas organisation which will allow them a chance to do something about the F16s, White Phosphorus bombs and armed drones.

On a much smaller scale, in Northern Ireland back in 1971, British troops were ordered to arrest and intern young men across the Republican community who had not committed any crimes, because of who they were rather than what they did. Many years later, it was acknowledged by senior politicians and military officers that this injustice became a major recruitment bonus for the IRA. History repeats itself…

Support the Palestinian people by boycotting Israeli goods. These are usually easily spotted within the EU due to food-labelling legislation, although some Israeli settler communities have been trying to get around this by having their products labelled “West Bank”, which is ironic considering that they won’t allow Palestinians a state of their own on their own land…

Major companies such as Caterpillar (who supply the Israeli army with bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes), Coca Cola and Marks & Spencer are involved in trading with Israel. Do what you can to help put pressure on Israel to stop their genocide of the Palestinians by not purchasing any Israeli-made goods.